Toning Experiment - "Charmin 5000"

ROBERTB

I as some of you know collect Irish coinage. I have some US stuff as well, types, etc......... Well, a few months ago I discovered an old U.S. Monroe commem. that I had wrapped it toilet paper and threw in a box when I was moving into my new place two years ago. It was an AU grading coin. When I unwrapped the toilet paper I found it to be magnificantly toned. Rainbow rim toning, very symmetrical and many nice reds, purples, browns, blues , and greens.

Back to Irish coins. I have many modern Irish commemoratives and silver issues. So I get to thinking and I have begun a toning experiment I call the Charmin 5000. I have carefully layed several pieces across toilet paper and covered them with more T-P. I also layed the whole deal across my satellite box as it generates low heat and I figure this will speed up the rate of toning? I'll post a report every other month or so. I think this is going to be interesting

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AuldFartte

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Amen!!! Pics of toners are nice!!!
Only two years in the paper? Hmm ...

IlikeZARcoins

WAIT !!! Let me buy some shares in a TP company first.

mact

so is this AT? Now, what is your intent? Not trying to give you a hard time. Just some memories of toning threads from the distant past. I've been trying a toning experiment with putting an EF silver coin in a manila 2x2 and taping it to the inside of my desk lamp at work. Been there 5 months with a little golden toning around the edges.

matt

shirohniichan

I framed some silver coins and displayed them with an antique world map. The sides of the coins in contact with a piece of cardboard turned wild reds, blues, and yellows.

Alas-- I don't know what happened to my piece of magic cardboard.

ROBERTB

To answer some questions:

Pic's: will be forthcoming

AT or NT: Well, that's debatable I guess? Is any toning really NT? I have always felt AT was an incorrect term that should be replaced with "IT," as in intentional toning. In this case it would be IT all the way. I'm not trying to make a buck off of this by selling them later, only trying to induce a bit of coin character and to spice up an otherwise boring set of coins.

I've tried the manila envelope thing too with some silver eagles. Thus far........no results over a year later. From what I've read newspaper and toilet paper have the best chemical mixtures to promote toning or to re-tone dipped coins.

Magic cardboard: I could use some of that.

T-P stock: hell, if I show great results the masses of toner groupies may just run out and empty the shelves. T-P may even become a traded commodity after me.

shirohniichan

My grandparents left Confederation Centennial coin sets for my brothers and me, and all were individually wrapped in toilet tissue. They were left in the tissue from 1967 until a couple years ago. The silver coins developed a fuzzy brown/gray toning, and the copper got a bit darker. I'll have to try Charmin on some silver to see if we get better results.